Do you really know how much spend you have under management, and how much spend left to capture? To make your spend analysis more efficient, you need the best tools to get the best value. However, as companies amassed large amounts of data over the years, do your tools have the capability to truly integrate, analyze and manage that data to produce useable reports?
• Justifying an ROI for spend analysis tools
• Creating a framework for overcoming your data problem
• Project tracking data to ensure your spend goals are being reached
• Is the problem really with your tool, or just how it’s set up?
• Showcasing and demonstrating the savings to the CFO

Today, there can be as many as four generations on one team, as millennials take over from retiring boomers. As the needs of the corporation change, and the role of procurement is consistently under pressure to deliver value, how are new leaders being developed? How is fresh talent brought in without alienating veterans? This panel discusses:
• Adapting your business’ communication styles and processes to what they perceive as indicators of success.
• Developing skillsets so everyone is up to speed: External certification vs internal training programs
• What types of relationship skills do you need to build or change without getting bogged down in the minutia?
• Do mentoring programs work? How about reverse mentoring, or integrated/ interactive mentoring?
• Overcoming compensation concerns (Salary, Stock, Bonus)
• How do you manage a team where work-life balance is important?